Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Crisis of Credit

What are collateralized debt obligations? How about credit default swaps? This 11-minute video from CrisisofCredit.com offers a simple overview of a complex problem.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

60 Minutes - The Next Mortgage Meltdown

Whitney Tilson is a disciple of Warren Buffett and an astute watcher of the US mortgage market. Tilson teamed up with Amherst Securities to analyze mortgage defaults, and in the process they discovered some unanticipated & disturbing trends.